OpenAI Engineer Charged for Hiding Toilet-Paper-Wrapped Mic in Executive Meeting Room
victor_explore · x · 2026-10-21
Per WSJ, the Justice Department charged an OpenAI engineer for allegedly hiding a toilet-paper-wrapped microphone in an executives-only conference room used for leadership meetings and top-secret research, attempting to intercept conversations. Commentators note the research itself is the moat — guard the room like the repo.
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